README

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This file contains instructions for replicating "The Effects of Certain and Uncertain Incentives on Effort and Knowledge Accuracy."
Thomas Jamieson and Nicholas Weller
Journal of Experimental Political Science
June 2019

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Replication Files: 

1. The codebook for all variables in the dataset - "codebook.txt"

2. The full dataset from the main study - "jeps.dta"

3. The full dataset from the pilot study - "pilot.dta"

4. The Stata code to replicate all results in the paper and online appendix - "JEPS_replication.do"

5. The log file for the Stata code to reproduce all results in the paper and online appendix - "JEPS_replication.log"

6. The CSV file with open-ended responses used in the STM analysis - "info_responses.csv"

7. The R code to replicate the STM results in the paper and online appendix - "JEPS_STM_replication.R"

8. The log file for the R code to reproduce the STM results in the paper and online appendix - "JEPS_replication.txt"


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Analysis of the main experimental results was conducted in Stata/IC 15.1 for Mac (64-bit Intel).

The STM analysis was conducted using in RStudio Version 1.1.463.